8 November

8 November 2025, Saturday

Time	Session

08:00 09:00	Breakfast Session 3A Robotic Surgery Subhash Khanna Chairperson India How to Make Robot Surgery Survive and Sustainable Vitoon CHINGSWANGWATANAKUL Speaker Thailand Setting Up Multispecialty Robotic Training Craig LYNCH Speaker Australia Hall 406CX	Breakfast Session 3B Obesity and Hernia: The Challenges Aziz SUMER Chairperson Turkey Kazunori KASAMA Chairperson Japan Prehabilitation in Obese Patient with Ventral Hernia Ramen Goel Speaker India Algorythm of Treatment in Obese Patients with Ventral Hernia Bariatric Surgery as a Bridging Surgery for Ventral Hernia Kazunori KASAMA Speaker Japan TBA Aziz SUMER Speaker Turkey Hall 404 AX	Breakfast Session 3C Leadership in Surgery Communication Skill Know How In The 21 Century Shailesh ADHIKARY Speaker Nepal Hall 406 D	Breakfast Session 3D Chathuranga Keppetiyagama Chairperson Sri Lanka Predictive Analytics for Appendicitis Diagnosis Using Machine Learning-Based Approaches Le Quan Anh Tuan Speaker Vietnam Hall 404 F
09:00 10:30	Symposium 7A - Video How do I do it: MIS Colorectal Surgery Htun Oo Chairperson Myanmar SEOW Choon Sheong Chairperson Singapore Laparoscopic Low Anterior Resection Bawantha Gamage Speaker Sri Lanka Natural Orifice Colorectal Surgery Isaac Seow Speaker Singapore Conquering The Difficult TME Yoon Suk Lee Speaker Korea (Republic of) Lateral Pelvic Node Dissection Aloysius Tan Speaker Singapore East (Hinotori) Meets West (Da Vinci) Yvonne Ng Speaker Singapore Applications Of The SP Robot In Colorectal Surgery Hall 406CX	Symposium 7B Update in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Dr Lim Chin Hong Chairperson Singapore Kazunori KASAMA Chairperson Japan Role Of Endobariatrics From Bariatric Surgeon's Perspective Ravishankar Speaker Singapore Sleeve Plus Procedures: Techniques and Outcomes. Muffazal Lakdawalla Speaker India OAGB Asim SHABBIR Speaker Singapore Robotic Revisional Bariatric Surgery Mahir Ozmen Speaker Turkey How To Treat GERD After Bariatric Surgery When Conservative Treatment Fails Bariatric Surgery In Adolescents KANOKKAN Tepmalai Speaker Thailand Hall 404 AX	Symposium 7C HPB Eduardo Targarona Chairperson Spain Kuo-Hsin CHEN Chairperson Taiwan Laparoscopic Or Robotic Pancreatoduodenectomy Yoo Seok YOON Speaker Korea (Republic of) MIS Techniques In The Surgical Management Of Type I, II And III Choledochal Cyst Laparoscopic Splenectomy: A Vanishing Indication Eduardo Targarona Speaker Spain Periampullary to Pancreas Cancer Utility Of Robotic Assistance For Left-sided Pancreatectomies Adrian CHIOW Kah Heng Speaker Singapore Hall 406 D	Symposium 7D Ventral Hernia Kiyotaka IMAMURA Chairperson Japan Marc ONG Weijie Chairperson Singapore Is IPOM+ Still The Most Done Technique and Why? Anil Sharma Speaker India Pros and Cons of Extra-peritoneal Techniques Beyond Robotic Repair Salvador Morales Conde Speaker Spain Loss of Domain and Planning for Repair Vimal K Vasudeavan Speaker Malaysia What’s Beyond eTEP and TAR? Hall 404 F
10:30 11:15	Coffee Break & Training
11:15 12:30	Plenary 3 (EAES/SAGES/JSES) Importance of Life Outside the OT Francis Seow-Choen Speaker Singapore Everything Will Kill You, So Choose Something Fun Kazunori KASAMA Speaker Japan The Pursuit of Mastery in Surgery Technique Surgeon, Innovator and Entrepreneurship Lecture 5
12:30 13:15	Lunch Symposium 3A Hall 406CX	Lunch Symposium 3B Hall 404 AX	Lunch Symposium 3C Hall 406 D	Lunch Symposium 3D Hall 404 F
13:30 15:00	Symposium 8A Robotic - Colorectal & Urology Mina Ming-Yin Shen Chairperson Taiwan TBA Yoon Suk Lee Speaker Korea (Republic of) TBA Robotic TME (video) Mahir Ozmen Speaker Turkey The Impact of Treatment Evolution (TNT, Robotic Surgery, and Watch-and-Wait) on Distal Rectal Cancers: Oncological Outcomes and Quality of Life Oktar Asoglu Speaker Turkey 20 Years of Robotic Colorectal Experience - The Evolution of a Technology Craig LYNCH Speaker Australia Hall 406CX	Symposium 8B Robotic - Upper GI & HPB KIM Guowei Chairperson Singapore RAMIE - Tips And Tricks For Intra-thoracic Anastamosis Noriyuki Inaki Speaker Japan Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Gastrectomy Hyung Woo Jin Speaker Korea (Republic of) Robot-Assisted Fundoplication for GERD Subhash Khanna Speaker India Robotic Vs Laparoscopic Hepatectomy: Results From The International Robotic And Laparoscopic Liver Resection Study Group Brian GOH Kim-Poh Speaker Singapore Robotic Or Laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy Gi Hong CHOI Speaker Korea (Republic of) Hall 404 AX	Symposium 8C Endorobotic in Endocrine Surgery Gurbankov Muslumov Chairperson Azerbaijan Endoscopic Thyroid State of the Art Gurbankov Muslumov Speaker Azerbaijan Robotic Trans-oral Thyroidectomy Robotic Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach for Thyroidectomy - NGIAM Kee Yuan Speaker Singapore Robotic Trans-peritoneal Adrenalectomy Hall 406 D	Symposium 8D The Revolution in Robotic Hernia Surgery Sujith WIJERATHNE Chairperson Singapore Vimal K Vasudeavan Chairperson Malaysia Robotic & Devices Robotic TAPP with Hugo Robotic eTEP for Ventral Hernia and Diastasis of Recti Sean LEE Kien Fatt Speaker Singapore Robotics in Abdominal Surgery; A Critical Appraisal Hall 404 F
15:00 15:30	Award Ceremony & Closing